GARY BYKER MEMORIAL LIBRARY CHILDREN S NEWSLETTER

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1 GARY BYKER MEMORIAL LIBRARY CHILDREN S NEWSLETTER March/April 2017 CHILDREN S Programs Lego Club Our last official Lego Club of winter will be Saturday, March 4th, from 10:30 11:15 am. Kids 2nd to 6th grade, bring a gallon size zip lock baggie of your own Legos. A theme will be announced and you will have 30 to 40 minutes to build. Two prizes are given: one for best builder and one by raffle. Come on over and build!!! Celebrate Dr. Seuss Birthday Saturday, March 11th from 10:30 to 11:30 am. ( Recommended for children Kindergarten to 3rd grade but any child is welcome.) We will listen to a few Dr. Seuss stories, play some games, and make a craft or two. This is a free, walk-in program. MOVE TO THE MUSIC This class will be offered Monday mornings from 10:15 to 10:45 am, March 20th through April 10th. This is a walk-in program, so no registration is necessary. This class gives kids ages 2 to 5 an opportunity to dance, sing and play some instruments. Parents are required to stay and dance along. Spring STORY TIME Favorite Stories WINTER Spring STORY Story Time TIME at the Gary GLAD RAGS Byker - STORIES Memorial ABOUT Library CLOTHES will be Favorite Stories. Sign-up will begin Monday, April 3rd. The session will run for six weeks beginning April 17th. Story times for independent 3 1/2 to 6 year olds will be offered Mondays from 11:15 Sign-up to for noon. the Winter There Story is a time $10.00 will fee begin per Monday, child for January 10th for Hudsonville non-residents. Library Cardholders Hudsonville and Non-Resident Library cardholders may sign-up Service Card * for free. holders. The Story last ten times minutes begin January of story 24th time and will includes go for six weeks. a craft A and Wee parents Wiggler are program asked for to toddlers come 18 in and help. months to 3 years accompanied by an adult lap is offered either Monday or Friday mornings from 10:15 to 11:00 am. Story times for indepen- dent The 3 Wee to 6 year Wigglers olds are offered will also either be Monday or Friday mornings from 11:15 to 12:00 noon, doing Favorite Stories (Sign-up Wednesdays 10:15-11:00 a.m. or Friday afternoons from 1:00-1:45 p.m.. The last ten and minutes fees are of as most above.) story times This will six include a craft and parents program are encouraged for toddlers come 18 in months and help to week their children. 31/2 years accompanied by an adult lap is offered either Monday, A parent or designated adult will have to sign children and Wednesday or Thursday morning out of each story time for 3 to 6 year olds. Also at sign-up please notify us of any medical conditions we should be aware for of such stories, as food songs, allergies, and asthma, activities etc. and then the parents from 10:15 to 11:00 a.m. The first twenty minutes is help their child make a craft. Lastly, the children have As before, a snack the downstairs and enjoy will some be open play during time story while time parents so that little children can play freely and adults can enjoy conversation have a chance to chat. and coffee. PIZZA AND PAGES *If you have a question about the Non-Resident Service Card, Our please last call winter the library book at club will be held on Thursday, March 2nd from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. We will eat pizza, discuss realistic fiction books, play word games and bid on some prizes. This club is free but please register so we can order the right amount of pizza.

2 MAYOR S READING CLUB Move to the music Monday, April 3rd 10:15 10:45 am This is a walk-in program, so no registration is necessary. This class gives kids ages 2 to 5 an opportunity to dance, sing and play some instruments. Parents are required to stay and dance along. This reading club is for children 4 to 7 years old. Get the Mayor s Reading Club log at the library or online. Read the 12 picture books by December 31st, 2017 and get a book, coupon and a reading certificate from Mayor Northrup. This is a free club to promote reading for all children books before KINDERGARTEN Spring break Legos Wednesday, April 5th from 10:30 to 11:15 am. If you are in 2nd to 6th grade, bring a gallon size bag of your own Legos. A theme will be announced and you will have 30 to 40 minutes to build. Two prizes are given: one for best builder and one by raffle. Take the challenge and use your imagination to build. (no fee or registration required.) 1000 Books Before Kindergarten This program encourages parents to read 1000 books with their children before they enter Kindergarten and thereby help their children learn to read by themselves. Come into the Byker Library to get your reading log. For every 250 books read, your child will receive a small prize culminating with their name written on our reading rainbow wall. This program is free to all Hudsonville patrons and members of our story times. Pizza and pages Thursday, April 6th from 1:00 to 2:00 pm. 3rd graders and up join us for some pizza and pop, play some word games, talk about a book of their choice and bid on some prizes. No fee, but registration is required to order the right amount of pizza. (Call or Ellie Mazor at hudem@llcoop.org.) FRIENDS USED BOOK SALE will be Thursday, April 27th through Saturday, April 29th. There will be books, magazines, DVDs, CDs and more. Support your library and buy, buy, buy! Remember, Saturday you can fill a shopping bag full of books for $5.00. Mini-Golf The children s department made a little over $300 from our mini-golf fundraiser. Thanks to all who participated. We were able to purchase a new set of Nancy Drew books. Isiah Meyers and Liem McCarty won the golf games and Alison Hoekstra won the Barnes & Noble card. Congrats!

3 (How I feel about leaving.) Good-Bye to Miss Ellie I have so enjoyed working here the past twenty years. My director, Melissa Huisman, the staff, the Friends of the Library and the patrons are wonderful. I will miss my interaction with the children the most. I can t thank you enough for all the wonderful times I ve had at the Gary Byker Library. How lucky I am. Next I will volunteer at Presidential Estates as well as DeVos Children s Hospital doing story times and crafts. My husband and I will celebrate our daughter s wedding this summer then vacation together. Take care all of you. You are the best! Hello to Katie I am so happy that we found a great children s librarian who begins in April. Her name is: Katie Manting-Kirk. Hello! I am very excited to be your new children's librarian. I am looking forward to continuing to bring all the amazing programs that are here at the library. Who is this person taking over for the amazing Miss Ellie? Well, I am a children's librarian who previously worked at the Patmos Library in Jamestown. I live in Grandville with my husband and two boys. They are both tweens and active in robotics, scouting, and other fun things. Of course I love to read. I think book authors are like rock stars! I also enjoy food, knitting, being outdoors, going on adventures, and watching Sherlock, Dr. Who, and ALL the superhero things. I am looking forward to getting to know all the wonderful patrons at Hudsonville! (How Katie feels about coming here!)

4 VESTIBULE DISPLAYS APRIL IS POETRY MONTH During Poetry Month look for book displays, poetry scattered around the library, create your own poetry magnetic boards, and more. Write an original poem about reading, books or the library to win a Chipotle coupon or a Barnes and Noble or Starbucks gift card. Turn the poem in by Saturday, April 22nd in person or by to Ellie Mazor at (hudem@llcoop.org). We would love to show off your collections in our vestibule display cabinet. Do you have, for example, a doll, matchbox car, horse, or Star Trek collection? If you do please contact the library and we will be happy to display your items. Here is a photo of Zach Van Der Meulen s Star Wars ships and figures. NEWER APPS FOR KIDS Elmo Loves 123s Help your child identify and count numbers from 1 to 20, do simple addition and subtraction, and trace numbers that also open surprises, such as Sesame Street videos, puzzles, and coloring pages. Along the way, everyone's favorite furry character, Elmo, and Abby Cadabby guide kids through learning math. (ages 5 and under, $2.99; ipad) Disney Story Central Bedtime just got a lot less painful, thanks to Disney Story Central. The large selection of e-books staring Disney characters -- such as Mickey Mouse, the princesses, and Doc McStuffins -- offer readalong narration and personalized book recommendations. Plus, your bookworm will earn trophies and awards as she progresses. (2 years+, free for ipad for first 4 books, with additional purchase packages.) Habitat the Game Teach your kid to care for the environment with Habitat the Game. Players adopt a virtual polar bear and must complete realworld actions -- such as turning lights off and conserving water -- to keep the creature healthy. Little ones will take pride in making an actual difference in the world with these exciting games. (4 years+, Free; iphone, ipad, Android)

5 APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH It s National Poetry Month, everybody! Let s celebrate with haiku about reading. Here s how to write haiku: A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Here are some of our favorites about reading: Treasured stack of books water stained vintage paper old fishing stories. Characters go forth Unlimited stories That new book smell. Now write your own haiku about reading, books or the library.

6 Caldecott winner and Honor books 2017 The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Caldecott winner 2017 Radiant Child: The story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, pictures and words by Javaka Steptoe Jean-Michael Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry, books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak. Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduces young readers to the powerful message that art doesn't always have to be neat or clean to be beautiful. Caldecott Honor books 2017 Leave Me Alone, pictures and words by Vera Brosgol Brosgol incorporates folktale elements in her amusing story of an old woman in search of a quiet place to knit. Fleeing her too small house overrun with too many energetic grandchildren, she packs her needles and yarn and heads for the mountains. Unfortunately, she can't find an undisturbed spot. Hungry bears, curious mountain goats, and little green moon-men provoke her to shout: "Leave me alone!" Climbing through a wormhole, she discovers a dark and quiet place to complete 30 little sweaters. When she returns home... Freedom in Congo Square, pictures and words by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie Count down the days until Sunday, a day for slaves in New Orleans to gather together and remember their African heritage. Weatherford vividly describes each day of nonstop work under a "dreaded lash" until Sunday, when slaves and free blacks could assemble in Congo Square, now a part of New Orleans' Louis Armstrong Park. Musicians "drummed ancestral roots alive" on different traditional instruments, and men and women danced. They also exchanged information and sold wares. Duz Iz Tak? pictures and words by Carson Ellis Ellis weaves the tale of several square feet of ground in the insect world as the seasons pass. Multiple story lines intersect: a mysterious plant bursting from the soil, the rise and fall of a spectacular fort, and a caterpillar's quiet then triumphant metamorphosis into a shimmering moth. They All Saw a Cat, pictures and words by Brendan Wenzel Every illustration in this book stands alone as a piece of art while serving as a wonderful manual to encourage young minds to enjoy their natural observation skills. The story demonstrates, the fact that every pair of eyes sees the world in their own different way. It may also be your kid's first zoology book, since it accurately shows the difference in each animal's capabilities of vision and sense perception. In clear and unfussy language the child gets to travel above ground, underground, fly a bit and go underwater.

7 Newbery award and honor books 2017 The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. NEWBERY Award Winner Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Once a year in the Protectorate there is a Day of Sacrifice. The youngest baby is taken by the Elders and left in the forest to die, thus appeasing the witch who threatens to destroy the village if not obeyed. Unbeknownst to the people, Xan, the witch of the forest, is kind and compassionate. When she discovers the first baby left as a sacrifice, she has no idea why it has been abandoned. She rescues the infants, feeds each one starlight, and delivers the shining infants to parents in the Outside Cities who love and care for them. On one occasion, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight along with starlight, filling her with glowing magic. Xan is smitten with the beautiful baby girl, who has a crescent moon birthmark on her forehead, and chooses to raise her as her own child. Twists and turns emerge as the identity of the true evil witch becomes apparent. NEWBERY Award Honor Winners Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan Using real documents from an estate appraisal, Bryan has created beautiful portrait paintings for 11 people who were named and priced as property. Relying on narrative poetry to explore each figure's inner and outer life, Bryan gives voice to their history, their longing for freedom, and their skills as artisans, cooks, musicians, carpenters, etc. The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz In on a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children. Their adventures take them on a chase through France: they are taken captive by knights, sit alongside a king, and save the land from a farting dragon. On the run to escape prejudice and persecution and save precious and holy texts from being burned, their quest drives them forward to a final showdown at Mont Saint-Michel. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk Eleven-year-old Annabelle lives in a rural Pennsylvania community in The continued fighting of World War II haunts everyone, but life is mostly peaceful until Betty Glengarry's arrival. Betty is cruel and threatening and thrives on inflicting pain. At first, Annabelle is slightly comforted to know that Toby is watching out for her. Toby is a local vagabond, a World War I veteran of few words who has become something like a friend of Annabelle's family. Meanwhile, Betty's violent malice only grows, until one day she goes missing. Toby immediately becomes the prime suspect in Betty's disappearance. Annabelle is sure of Toby's innocence and is determined to prove it.

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